Sunday, September 26, 2010

The Nuclear-Retained Noncoding RNA MALAT1 Regulates Alternative Splicing by Modulating SR Splicing Factor Phosphorylation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923162412.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily+(ScienceDaily%3A+Latest+Science+News)

http://www.cell.com/molecular-cell/retrieve/pii/S1097276510006210

Researchers report this month that MALAT1, a long non-coding RNA that is implicated in certain cancers, regulates pre-mRNA splicing -- a critical step in the earliest stage of protein production. Their study appears in the journal Molecular Cell.

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